阅读理解练习(英)

• 作者: 吴昌
• 来源期刊: 语言教育
• 学科: 文学
• 年，卷（期）: 1999,（4）
• 页码范围: 84-86
• 页数: 3页
• 分类号: H319.4

摘要

<正> Manhattan IslandMany years ago,Manhattan Island,which is a part of thegreat city of New York,was covered with forest.Along theshore were small Indian villages.In fact,Indians were the onlypeople of the island until 1609.In the spring of that year,Hen-ry Hudson,a famous sea captain,arrived here.He was trying tofind a short way to the Far East for Dutch(荷兰)traders.His